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Subject:Re: Vanagon.com site
From:Peter Cassidy
Date:Wed, 13 Dec 2000 01:38:34 +0000

>Here I have to enter the discussion. The message on the site states it. This
>person did not do this for malicious intent. It was only to prove a point,
>that this site is easy to crack. Look at everything done. It can be repaired
>in an hour. Don't judge skill by how far you go. Judge it by the style it's
>done in. Web sites in general are easy to get into, and easy to change. It is
>actually the same principle as hacking a BBS system. You can get into a web
>server, and change the source code for the site. It could be worse, they
>could have put porno on the site.

Well said, Paul. It strikes me as being a professional crack. There's none
of that '1337 h@xor' stuff that script kiddies go on with. A polite
message and minimal damage. Doesn't get much better ... learn and move on.

Pete C

OBVanagon. My water pump is making funny noises again and I just replaced
it 15K ago. Grrr!

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Pete  Cassidy,                              pcassidy@apple.com
Cork, Ireland                           http://www.iol.ie/~pcassidy
'88 Wolfsburg "Muriel", '71 Westy         *not speaking for Apple*